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THE CITY OF GLASGOW.
The City Chamberlain is of opinion that the popu-
lation of Glasgow and Suburbs at 1st December,
1907, was as follows : —
Within the Municipal Boundaries,
Within Suburban Districts,
Total population within City and^_
Suburbs, . . . .)
To which add the number of persons
carrying on business or em-
ployed within the City, and their '
817,000
175,000
992,000
60,000
contiguous suburbs,
iuc ucyuim
say
tliC i
J 1,052,000
Municipal Constituency, 1907-1908.
Lists.
Wards.
Parlia-
mentary.
Supple-
mentary
Total.
1.
Dalmarnock, ...
6,725
1,139
7,864
2.
Calton,
4 554
1,223
5,777
3.
Mile- end,
5,750
821
6,571
4.
Whitevale,
4,841
999
5,840
5.
Dennistoun, ...
6,235
1,392
7,627
6.
Springburn, ...
4,415
2,264
6,679
7.
Cowlairs,
3,190
1,974
5,164
8.
Townhead,
5,5t)4
940
6,534
9,
Blackf riars, ...
3,096
732
3,828
10.
Exchange,
1,854
649
2,503
11.
Blythswood, ...
2,713
750
3,463
12.
Broomielaw, . . .
1,846
533
2,379
13.
Anderston,
4,854
718
5,572
14.
Sandyford,
4,137
1,092
5,229
15.
Park,
4,019
1,881
5,900
16.
Cowcaddens, ...
4,113
941
5,054
17.
Woodside,
6,882
1,473
8,355
18.
Hutchesontown,
5,117
697
5,814
19.
Gorbals,
4,873
1,117
5,990
20.
Kingston,
5,303
999
6,302
21.
Govanbill,
1,028
5,901
6,929
22.
Langside,
—
8,789
8,789
23.
Pollokshields, ...
—
3,721
3,721
24.
Kelvinside,
—
5,087
5,087
25.
Mary hill,
—
7,556
7,556
26.
Kinning Park,
—
2,184
2,184
91,139 55,572 146,711
Population within the Municipal boundaries of the
City of Glasgow from 1821 to 1901.
1821 1831 1841 1851 1861
147,043 202,426 255,650 329,096 395,503
1871 1881 1891 1901
477,732 511,415 565,714 760,423
Parliamentary Divisions op the City.
One Member for each Division.
No. 1. — The Brldgeton Division.— The First and
Second Municipal Wards. Electors, 11,279. Member
—J. W. Cleland, Esq., M.P. (L.)
No. 2. — The Camlachie Division. — The Third and
Fourth Municipal Wards. Electors, 10,501. Mem-
ber—Alex. Cross, Esq., M.P. (L.U.)
No. 3. — The St. Rollox Division. — The Eighth
Municipal Ward and parts of the Fifth, Sixth, and
Seventh Municipal Wards. Electors, 19,434.
Member— T. M'Kinnon Wood, Esq., M.P. (L.)
No. 4. — The Central Division. — The Tenth
Eleventh. Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Muni-
cipal Wards. Electors, 15,404. Member — Sir
Andrew Mitchell Torrance, M.P. (L.)
No. 5. — The College Division. — The Fifteenth,
Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Municipal Wards. Elec-
tors, 15,044. Member— H. A. Watt, Esq., M.P. (L.)
No. 6. — The Tradeston Division. — The Nineteenth
and Twentieth Municipal Wards. Electors, 10,176.
Member— Arch. C. Corbet, Esq., M.P. (L.U.)
No. 7. — The Blachfriars and Hutchesontown
Division. — The Ninth, Eighteenth, and part of
Twenty-first Municipal Wards. Electors, 9,241.
Member— George N. Barnes, Esq., M.P. (Lab.)
Total Parliamentary Constituency, 91,139.
Crosshill and Pollokshields, east and west, in the
eastern division of Renfrewshire, E. Laidlaw, Esq.,
M.P. (L.) Electors, 18,542.
Govan parliamentary division, Robert Duncan,
Esq., M.P. (C.) Electors, 17,762.
Partick division of Lanarkshire, R. Balfour, Esq. ,
M.P. (L.) Electors, 22,665.
North-West Lanarkshire, Wm. Mitchell-Thomson,
Esq., M P. (C.) Electors, 18,428.
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